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Honestly, I never thought the day would come where I would have anything good to say about the Russian "liberal" or "democratic" "non-system" opposition but apparently this day has come today. To my surprise, all the leaders of this opposition have so far made very moderate and reasonable statement and all those which I have hea […]

Already in February 2012 (two years ago!) Putin was warning Russians about exactly the kind of false flag which we just saw happening with the murder of Nemtsov. See for yourself:Note: the Russian word "provocatsiia" is often translated as "provocation" which is not incorrect as long as you are aware that in Russian "provocation […]

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Boris Nemtsov has been shot dead in Moscow. He was one of the most charismatic leaders of the "liberal" or "democratic" "non-system" opposition in Russia (please understand that in the Russian context "liberal" and "democratic" means pro-US or even CIA-run, while "non-system" means too small to eve […]

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Source: http://worldcrisis.ru/crisis/1819611 Translated by Mikhael A brief overview of post-election situation in Greece. This is a translation of the Russian version, there is also a published Greek translation There is a new government in Greece. A left-wing government that has a rather complicated relationship with the “sacred right of private ownership”, […]

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This is the note by Tatzhit Mihailovich under the YouTube video:Remember how under the "dictator" Yanukovich, the police didn't disperse the protesters but only repelled extremists advancing on Congress and President's Administration? Yeah, that is no longer the case.And how back then police didn't open fire even when the protesters […]

Reading future: Hafez al-Assad Speech about Wahhabism

Netanyahu’s Congressional Rantby Stephen LendmanHe last addressed a joint congressional session on May 24, 2011. At the time, Haaretz writer Gideon Levy called it a rant "filled with lies on top of lies and illusions heaped on illusions."Netanyahu never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity to do the wrong thing. He praised Israel's non […]

Netanyahu at AIPACby Stephen LendmanHis Monday bluster was a warmup for what honest observers call the most outrageous address ever by a foreign official to a joint congressional session - scheduled for Tuesday, March 3 at 11:00AM EST.Netanyahu spurned protocol. He circumvented administration control over who gets invited to address Congress. He's perso […]

Obama's War on Humanity at Home and Abroad: Roland John's Appalling Mistreatmentby Stephen LendmanObama's agenda combines permanent naked aggression against one country after another with homeland police state repression.Sovereign independent nations are attacked and destroyed. Thousands of political prisoners languish in America's gulag […]

Putin Bashing Crowd in Overdrive Over Nemtsov Killingby Stephen LendmanThroughout his tenure, irresponsible Western officials and complicit media scoundrels bashed him relentlessly. Any excuse will do.Stuff made up out of whole cloth is held against him. Whatever he does is wrong no matter how right. His months of efforts to save Europe from the scourge of m […]

NYT Editors Support Fascist Extremismby Stephen LendmanTimes editors deplore democracy. They consider sham US elections legitimate ones. Truth is the mortal enemy they fear most. They support the world's worst tinpot despots as long as they're US allies.They glorify perpetual war in the name of nonexistent peace. They're comfortable with letti […]

Kiev Junta Ascendancy to Power Big Liesby Stephen LendmanIt's no secret most governments lie. Some much more than others. Washington and other Western ones hugely on issues mattering most.Kiev putschists told Ukrainians whoppers. Their policies are polar opposite promises made right down the line.They lied saying they'd "reduc(e) the level of […]

The Scourge of US-Installed Fascism in Europe's Heartlandby Stephen LendmanObama bears full responsibility for replacing Ukraine's democratically elected government with Nazi lunatics.Russia's lower house State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin said "(t)he guilt of the United States of America for (what happened) is considerable and obvious t […]